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EU, U.S. Strike Truce on Meat
But Poultry Dispute Remains

By

Brian ColemanStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated May 2, 1997 12:01 a.m. ET

BRUSSELS -- The European Union and the U.S. struck an uneasy truce in a dispute over meat trade, but about $51 million a year in poultry shipments will stop until the two sides can resolve lingering differences.

The deal struck on Wednesday means the EU and the U.S. will recognize one another's meat-inspection standards, thereby clearing the way for continued trade of more than $1.5 billion a year in food products as varied as red meat, eggs and fish. That deal had been threatened by the EU's refusal to recognize U.S. processing...